vivisection

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Vivisection – surgical procedures carried out on a living subject (usually non-human) for the purposes of research rather than as a medical intervention.

Vivisector / vivisectionist- investigator carrying out vivisection.

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Author: Keith

Former school and college science teacher, teacher educator, research supervisor, and research methods lecturer. Emeritus Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge.